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80 ABILENE CHRISTIAN C

215.-Entomology. A study of insects, their anatomy, habitsand control. Special attention to insects harmful and beneficialto man. Three hours recitation. Four hours laboratory andfield work. Texts: Sanderson and Jackson, Elementary Entomology;Herrick, Insects Injurious to the Household. No prerequisite,but a knowledge of Zoology recommended.225.-Contagious Diseases and Sanitation. Lectures and recitationson promotion of health and prevention of disease fromthe individual and community standpoint. Reinforcing vitalityand normal resistance; infection, immunity, recovery, and disinfectantspractically discussed. Library and laboratory assignments.

313.-General Physiology. A general study of the humanmechanism, including physiological experiments and laboratorywork in manual dissection. No prerequisite, but a knowledge ofFreshmen Zoology recommended. Text: Martin's Human Body(Advanced). Two hours recitation, three hours laboratory andone hour library work. Not credited until after 323 is taken.323.-General Physiology. Work in the study of nerves andtissues; also in chemistry of food and digestion. Detailed studyof organs. Two hours recitation and three hours laboratorywork. Library assignments. 313 prerequisite.335.-Vertebrate Embryology. A study of the developmentof the frog and the chick. Brief study of mammal by comparison.Text: Reese, Introduction to Vertebrate Embryology. Three hoursrecitation and four hours laboratory. Prerequisite, FreshmanZoology.345.-Heredity. A study of the problems and theories ofinheritance and eugenics. Some work will be done in laboratorywith the Drosophilia as the basis. Text: Davenport, Heredityand Its Relation to Eugenics. References. Prerequisite, FreshmanZoology or Botany.355.-Organic Evolution. A study of the theory of Darwin,as presented in his Origin of Species, with the modifications andlater theories and objections. Lecture-recitation and library workwith Darwin, Origin of Species, Lull, Organic Evolution, Thompson,Evolution, and Fairhurst, Organic Evolution Considered,and Theistic Evolution. Prerequisite, Freshman Zoology.